Garment-fastener.



C. F. BACKIVIYER.

GARMENT FASTFNER. APPLICATION FILED ocT. I5. 1915.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

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cnnrsmornnn F. Backwaren, or cnrcneo. ILLInoIs.

GARIVIENT-EASTENER;

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`Specifica-tion nf Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '20, 1917.

Application filed October 15, 1915. `Serial No. 55,992.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER F. BACK- Mi'nn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inGarment-Fasteners; and I do herebydeclare that the following descriptionof my said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet ofdrawings, forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will en.-able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates generally to improvements in garment fasteners, andit consists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of partsand details 1of vconstruction, as hereinafter rst fully set forth `anddescribed and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing already referred to, which illustrates the details of myinvention more fully,y Figure l discloses theblank ofthe eye member ofmy invention partially formed to proper shape, and it is now to bestated that this blank is made from relatively springy sheet metallicmaterial, such as brass, German silver, or cold rolled steel. Fig. 2 isa bottom plan of said blank in its finished condition. Fig. 3 is abottom-plan of the stud member of my invention, and Fig. 4; is a crosssection thereof in line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross section of theeye and the stud member in partial assembly, and Fig. 6 is a likesection showing the said parts in completely assembled condition. Fig. 7is a bottom plan of a slightly modified form of eye member, and Fig. 8,a section thereof in line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Like parts are indicated by corresponding symbols or characters ofreference in all the figures of the drawing.

The aim of this invention is the production of a fastener for theowverlapping edges or seams of dresses, coats, waists and other garmentsin which the disadvantages of the typical hook and eye are eliminated.Among these disadvantages may be named the liability of the hooks andeyes becoming disengaged from each other whereby the iap or seam of thegarment becomes loosened and presents an unsightly appearance.

Another result aimed at in this invention is to construct a garmentfastener, the elements of which are so flat and so shaped that when thegarment to which the fastener -is attached is rbeing passed lthrough a ywash wringer or is being ironed whether' by a mangle `or by hand, therewill be no tendency to distort the `parts of the fastener and destroythe usefulness or efficiency thereof, as is now the case with the usualtype of hook and eyes.

The eye `member `of my invention is preferably produced from .asubstantially disklike blank A, having projecting tongues B and B`projecting from diametrically opposite margins of ,said blank, thelatter "of which is much shorter than ,the former.

Concentrically of this blank there is a raised flat portion B, whichportion has a slot "C, terminating in an `enlarged opening C', theenlarged opening being off the center 'of the disk A. i

It is now to be stated that `the margin 10 ofthe blank A `is ycurledundersaid blank A in a direction opposite the flat, raised portion B to'produce a neat `and rounding finish. The projecting tongue B is alsobent under the `blank A, `passing directly ;underneath :the slot C andenlarged opening C', and the tongue B is likewise bent back under saidblank and underneath said tongue B to support the free end of thelatter.

In the upper face of said tongue B, substantially axially beneath theenlarged opening C of the raised portion B is provided a depression Dand directly under the slot C, practically medially of the lengththereof, there is formed in said tongue a similar depression D', the twodepressions being separated by a bridge wall D.

The stud member E of my device is disk like in contour and is possessedof a raised marginal bead 20 and a sunk, concentric, flat faceddepression 2l, centrally from which extends a stud 22, having anenlarged head 23, the exterior contour of which head is of the sameshape as the depressions D and D of the tongue B.

In assembling the eye and stud `member of my invention, the stud 22 andits head 23 is first passed through the enlarged opening C of the eyemember, and it will be observed that when the head 28 is in engagementwith the depression D of the tongue B the flat faces B and 21 of the eyeand stud member are in facial contact, thereby preventing downwardpressure upon the tongue B. The stud member E is now forcibly moved sothat the stud 22 will enter the slot C and the head 23 caused to depressthe bridge wall D, after which the said head 23 becomes lodged in thedepression D', whereon the inherent spring in the tongue B Jforces thesaid head 23 upwardlyuntil the under side 2 4 thereof contactsagainstthe underside of the raised depression B surrounding the slot C,thereby maintaining said stud member in locked connection with said eyemember.

Between the margins 10 and 2O and the concentric flattened portions Band 21 of the eye member A and stud member E are providedc'oncentrically arranged apertures andl, respectively, wherethroughthread may be passed to secure said members to the parts of the garmentsto be removably fastened together by my invention.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I indicate a slight modiication of my invention. Inthis instance I dispense with the tongues B and B and iix in placebetween the curled margin 10 of the disk A, a circular, thin, sheetmetallic plate M. This plate M performs the same unctions as the tongueB and is possessed of the same depressions D and D and the bridge wall Das are provided in the tongue B.

I have hereinbefore disclosed the preferred mode of practising myinvention, but I reserve theright to make such Aand any lchanges asmight occur to one skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains, or

Y to make anyand all such alterations as may Copies of this patent maybe obtained for be permitted under the doctrine of equivalents.

I-Iaving thus fully described my invention v I claim as new, and desireto secure to myself Vby Letters Patent of the United States 1. Aneye-member for a garment or similar fastener, comprising a circulardisk, said disk having its marginal edges underturned, there being in'said disk an annular, raised, flat, portion, there being in said flatportion a slot, said slot terminating in an enlarged opening, and amember underneath said circular disk, said member having a depression inits face directly below said enlarged opening, and a further depressionadjacent to the iirst-named depression, directly below said slot, therebeing a bridge-wall between the two depressions, said member beingresilient.

2. An article of the class described comprising a disk like memberhaving a slot terminating in an enlarged opening, and a tongueintegrally Jformed with said member, bent back under said member, andhaving the free end of said tongue supported by said member, said tonguehaving a depression in its upper face directly below said enlargedopening and another depression in its upper face directly under saidslot, and a bridge wall between said depressions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have hereuntoset my hand.

CHRISTOPHER F. BACKMYER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. C.

